California Science & Technology News

It's billed as the world's first commercial spaceship, designed to be carried aloft by an exotic jet before firing its rocket engine to climb beyond the Earth's atmosphere. In a Hollywood-style rollout, Virgin Galactic on Monday took the cloak off...

An experimental version of Goggles will be available for people at Google Labs website. Goggles already recognises books, wine labels, CD covers, landmarks and more, according to Mr Gundotra. He demonstrated by taking a picture of a wine bottle label...

The stage has been set by NASA and it is within the realms of possibility to take a vacation to outer space. In fact, one could contemplate ‘Marriage in Outer Space’ – it would be an exotic affair. If you...

The U.N.'s top climate official has given an upbeat assessment on the prospects of reaching a global deal at the climate summit which opens in Copenhagen on Monday. Suspicions are growing that Russian security services were behind the leaking of...

A local man is likely to go to prison for years after he says he accidentally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. Mathew White downloads a porn in Limewire and he is now facing 20 years of Prison time. See...

As I walk through the Fine Arts and Applied Arts area of the UC Irvine campus, located adjacent to the dormitory area where I once resided for two years, I notice the opened doors to the Beall Center of Art...

The former chief of eBay, Meg Whitman, took the witness stand on Monday to make the case that Craigslist, the free online classifieds provider, had unfairly denied the e-commerce company a seat on its board...Whitman, who is running for governor...

Calif. — Federal agents have seized a rare Italian sports car they believe was illegally imported by a California man and his co-conspirators. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials alleged Monday that automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli, the creator of the 1994...

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which contains a four-million-pixel camera, will photograph the entire sky every six months. Published: December 7, 2009 Most of the light from stars and other objects like planets in the universe is doubly invisible.

BAY — The international Mavericks Surf Contest will be postponed until weather improves, a spokeswoman said Sunday. Organizers had hoped to hold the contest Tuesday, with an impressive swell of waves expected to hit the beach in the afternoon, but...